kcruz, wo is hell-bent on revisiting the past with his vote to defund president obama. he follows in the proud tradition of past keynote speakers. last year, it was sarah palin. in 2011, allen west, in 2010, glen beck and before that, rush limbaugh. thought leaders? not exactly. the republican party is facing an identity crisis said gop pollster, deceive lombardo. but not that the party doesn't know who it is. it's that the party knows exactly who they are and they don't want to move from a very rigid, defined identity. when the party finds itself out of the mainstream on almost every issue, establishing a credible governing philosophy won't be easy. joining us from cpac in national harbor, maryland, is nbc news's casey hunt. casey, how are you? >> thanks, joy, doing well. >> so give us a little bit of a flavor of what's going on there. what's the buzz this early afternoon? >> of course, well that identity crisis that you referred to is already on full display and we've only been here for few hours. gop is wrestling with how to expand the base to include more hispanics, more of th